Psych Analysis

Last year Jack was put through a pyschiatric analysis because he is involved in a study due to his heart defect. He had to do many many ridiculous tests like put the lid on the cap, and point to the dolls head, and put the green thing into the other green thing, and put these sugar pills into their container (without eating them)...
But at the end the Dr. told me that Jack was doing just fine developmentally,and if anything, he should work on "stacking" because it will help with his math skills in the future..
So this is where we are now.













He is very precise, and he takes his time, and can get them quite high. And with the letters, they always have to be facing up.













However- Jack is not always spending his time doing such productive and beneficial activities. At times he just lets his hair down and drives around naked.



I wonder what the Dr. would say now....

B&W Holga's

I know these are on my "photography" blog, but since Google Analytics shows that no one goes there I wanted to put these here cause I think they're cool. These are from my first BW roll on my Holga. It seems to work best in high contrast situations like snow...and such.

Head Games

So more than often, while driving around in the car, I'll look back to check on Jack and he will have something on his head. Whatever he can reach- he will balance on his head for some reason. So thank heavens for my camera phone.
I think it goes: blanket, faux chinchilla head band, tiger, Snoopy, Juice cup, Driver toy.

Update: November 18, 2011, he is still at it..

Torn between two Loves.

Dedicated to all Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome babies.
Borrowed from Cute Connor's Carepage. This is so sweet.....

It's a beautiful day up in Heaven. Jesus is rounding up his tiniest
angels, to go live on earth, and be born.

One of the sweetest angels says to Jesus "I dont want to leave, I
like it here, and I will miss you." He reassures the scared little
angel that everything will be okay, and that he is just going for a
visit.

He is still not swayed on this idea. So Jesus, kneels down, and
says "How about if you leave half of your heart here with me and
take the other half with you, will that be okay?" The angel smiles
and says "I guess that will work".

But the little angel is still a little scared. He askes "Will I be
okay with only half of my heart?" Jesus replies, "Of course you
will, I have other angels there that will help out, and you will be
fine."

Then Jesus gives the angel more details about his plan, he
says "When you are born, your Mommy will be scared, so you have to
be strong, and when you feel weak just remember that I have the
other half of your heart."

"Enjoy your time with your family, play
and laugh everyday."

"And when its time to come back to Heaven, I will make your heart
whole again." "Always remember, that you are not broken, just torn
between two loves."

New Years Eve-ning...

Though I wish I could stay up and just PARTY HARD ALL NIGHT LONG!!! ...I made the decision that that wasn't going to be an option for a long long time when I chose to have Jack.
However, despite the fact that we went to bed around 10:30 or so, we had a BLAST at the Okubo's beforehand.
To explain who the Okubo's are, those of you who know Jen, my BFF for life, has a boyfriend named BRICE who has an awesome family that so generously took us in. It has sort of become a tradish, since we did the same thing last year.
The house is always full of yummy smells and every hall is decked with holiday fun and the people are always a hoot.
The Guitar Hero doesn't hurt either. But since we only had two guitars amongst the 25 people, we settled for good old fashioned "Round the World" ping-pong.

Thank you to the Okubo's, for your cookies, conversation and electricity. Here are some highlights:

Jen watchin Brice ROCK the fake guitar.


Chris and her soon to be pretty cookies.


The Pretty Cookies


Okubo Clan


Adorable Teagan "Stop taking pictures you're FREAKIN ME OUT!"


Jen and Teags

Good Times, Good Times.

Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night.

"Well that was a very nice Christmas"

Due to the fablous gift from Josh, my images will be more crisp, colorful, and accurate from now on.
Yes, I got my DLSR.
Christmas was more chaotic this year than ever before. I think it's the 5 parties we have in a row this week- 3 down, 2 to go.
Jack was pleasantly surprised Christmas morning and immediately begn opening everything in front of him (mind you, Santa doesn't wrap presents in the Trent home.) So Jack broke through to his toys quite quickly.
Josh surprised me with my camera which he lead me to believe that I wasn't getting, and also an iPod Nano. Which was totally unexpected, but much appreciated.
Josh's guitar arrived promptly on Christmas Eve, so it was here just in time for Christmas morning, he is such the Johnny Cash.
We had alot of fun, alot of food, and obviously- alot of snow.
Merry Christmas everyone-
Are you ready? a-break it down: (Gabba reference.)

Happy Birthday Baby Bum

Two years is quite the Milestone..

In all reality Jack won't be two till 11:32pm. But this time two years ago I was still laboring on my own, and had been since 1:00. I will get my epidural in an hour and be good by 6:30. Jack had quite the first year..so let's just remember the second. This was the beginning, LAST year's birthday:


Jack had a great year, we moved a few times, went to San Diego, visited friends and finally settled into our own special place here in Holladay. We celebrated his birthday last night with some friends and family. Jack was a little overwhelmed with presents and everytime he opened one he was pretty upset that it was set aside. But the distraction of a new one kept him moving.



He wasn't in the mood to listen to everyone sing, but we did anyway.
But it was a great night. Thank you everyone who came.

We love you Jack, it is a miracle you are here and we are grateful everyday. KEEP THRIVING BUDDYY!

What Happened to Steve?

Due to my discussion with Jessica about our "Steve versus Joe" conflict, I was inclined to do some research and find out what exactly DID happen to Steve.

Steve Burns auditioned for Nickelodeon thinking he'd be a voice-over. That wasn't the case, and somehow the grungy rocker made the part. For six years, he acted in front of a blue screen playing around with a blue, felt puppy.

One night, on his way to pick up a date, he saw a mailbox with a blue pawprint on it that said "You figured it out! It's Jonathan's Birthday!" So he picked up his date, changed his clothes into the fruitstripe outfit, and made a surprise appearance at Jonathan's birthday party.

Though it was a hit, he realized that he could keep doing this forever and make THAT who he was, or go do many other exciting things. So he made the decision. Now, he is a rockstar, and stupid annoying "Joe" took his place, leaving kids with someone who talks to them like they're idiots, and could possibly be eaten alive by his own eyebrows.

To learn more about Steve, go to http://steveburnsrocks.us/

I feel a good sense of closure.

Sledding...

We decided with all the fun snow that we'd take Jack sledding for his first time ever. After going to three or four establishments, we finally found a sled. For some reason, all the K-Marts and Targets and Walmarts were out of sleds. The apparently didn't stock up. "Utah! The Best Snow On Earth" (hintiddy hint hint...)


So we headed to Sugarhouse Park. We actually found our own secluded place to enjoy the snow and the hills. Jack didn't do much walking.

Jack wasn't a fan of all the snow that hit his face on the way down.

After about three or four runs...it was pretty much time to go.



So we went home, and tried to warm up our little blue legs...

Better Late Than Never

So due to the difficulty of Jack's halloween costume...it was quite hard to get a picture of him with the FULL effect of the lion, because the hood was about 12 lbs and he hated it on his head...



But this will give you the gist of it.